Commercial driver's licenses; school bus endorsement; waiver of driving skills test; requirements

8-2,149. Commercial driver's licenses; school bus endorsement; waiver of driving skills test; requirements. (a) Until September 30, 2005, the driving skills test required under 49 C.F.R. § 383.123 may be waived for an applicant for a school bus endorsement, if such applicant is currently licensed, has experience driving a school bus, has a good driving record and meets the conditions contained in subsection (b). (b) An applicant must certify and the division must verify that, during the two-year period immediately prior to applying for the school bus endorsement, the applicant: (1) Held a valid commercial driver's license with a passenger vehicle endorsement to operate a school bus representative of the group the application* will be driving; (2) has not had such applicant's driver's license or commercial driver's license suspended, revoked or canceled or been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle; (3) has not been convicted of any of the disqualifying offenses in subsection (a) or (e) of K.S.A. 8-2,142, and amendments thereto; (4) has not had more than one conviction of any of the serious traffic violations defined in K.S.A. 8-2,128, and amendments thereto, while operating any type motor vehicle; (5) has not had any conviction for a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with any traffic accident; (6) has not been convicted of any motor vehicle traffic violation that resulted in an accident; and (7) has been regularly employed as a school bus driver, has operated a school bus representative of the group the applicant seeks to drive and provides evidence of such employment. (c) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act. History: L. 2003, ch. 42, § 1; April 17. Revisor's Note: * The word "application" should have been "applicant" instead. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026